Circle
instead
of crisis
HIGHLIGHTS
From September 4 to 8, 2026, we will once again be represented as a partner at IFA Berlin! At our booth in the IFA Next Hall, we look forward to sharing insights and having conversations about Cradle to Cradle and circular products as part of our C2C Electronics Initiative – come by and exchange ideas with us about circular design in the electronics industry.
EVENTS
THAT IS WHY
CRADLE TO CRADLE IS NEEDED:
THIS IS
CRADLE TO CRADLE
Cradle to Cradle brings together climate and resource protection and implements innovative solutions for ecological, economic and social problems. This is because interrelated problems can only be solved in context.
RETHINK
The C2C School of Thought
In order to solve the problems of our time in the long term, we need to rethink. Today, we humans are wasting finite resources and destroying the basis of our existence. By doing without, we may act less badly – but we are far from doing well. We can only solve climate and resource problems in the long term by setting positive goals. By consistently integrating our actions into biological cycles and creating technological cycles, we can achieve real added value: ecologically, economically and socially.
REDESIGN
The C2C Design Concept
Rethinking is followed by redesigning: The C2C design concept is the guide for innovative and sustainable C2C products and business models. Materials that are healthy for people and the environment circulate in biological and technical cycles. In production, we use only renewable energy, maintain or improve the quality of water and soil and have fair and humane working conditions.
REDIRECT
Creating a C2C Framework
CYCLES
BIOSPHERE
In the BIOSPHERE, materials circulate in continuous biological cycles. All abrasion must be 100% biodegradable and thus becomes a nutrient within the biosphere. This applies to abrasion from textiles and car or bicycle tires as well as packaging or cosmetics. When soap not only cleanses our skin, but also keeps our water clean, cradle to cradle is a reality.
TECHNOSPHERE
The man-made TECHNOSPHERE is part of the biosphere. Materials circulate here in continuous technical cycles. Raw materials for the technosphere are available in limited quantities on earth. They must therefore be maintained at a consistently high quality. Products for technical cycles are designed in such a way that the materials used can be separated by type with little effort. Renewable raw materials can also circulate in the technosphere before they become nutrients again (cascade use).
THAT’S WHY
WE EXIST:
VISION
THIS IS HOW TOMORROW GOES
Cradle to Cradle is a matter of course in the human thinking and acting of tomorrow. Following nature’s example, all waste is nutrient for something new. We only use materials that are recyclable and suitable for their planned use: healthy for us and the environment. Instead of doing less of the wrong thing, we only do the right thing. This is tomorrow.
MISSION
WHAT WE DO FOR IT
C2C NGO is the accelerator for Cradle to Cradle: We encourage organizations and people to rethink and redesign, demand and promote an intact world and bring together business, science, education, politics, culture and civil society. We carry our message to all parts of society and get involved in public debates.
THE TEAM AT
NGO HEAD OFFICE
THAT IS
WHY WE NEED YOU!
© BMU / phototek / Thomas Trutschel
"Klimawandel, Artensterben, Vermüllung unserer Umwelt – das sind die globalen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Innovative Ansätze wie Cradle to Cradle tragen zu einem verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit unseren begrenzten Ressourcen bei."
SVENJA SCHULZE
Bundesumweltministerin a. D.
© BMU / phototek / Thomas Trutschel
"Klimawandel, Artensterben, Vermüllung unserer Umwelt – das sind die globalen Herausforderungen unserer Zeit. Innovative Ansätze wie Cradle to Cradle tragen zu einem verantwortungsvollen Umgang mit unseren begrenzten Ressourcen bei."
SVENJA SCHULZE
Bundesumweltministerin a. D.
BLOG
“We need to talk about how to create healthy products”
With Cradle to Cradle NGO, Arnaud talked about the benefits of events like the C2C Congress and the upcoming plans of Tarkett regarding C2C and sustainability. You can watch the
Transforming the event industry and society with C2C – This was the C2C SUMMIT: STAGING THE FUTURE (GER)
With Cradle to Cradle (C2C), we can shape a climate- and resource-positive future – in the event industry and far beyond. To this end, we have joined forces with Loft
C2C sounds on the Tempelhofer Feld
Die Ärzte and Die Toten Hosen provided four concerts in August 2022 at Tempelhof Airport in Berlin for a laboratory. Together with our co-project initiators KKT GmbH – Kikis Kleiner
